Canton teen indicted in fatal shooting of Edward Moody

Dreon Hill, 16, will be tried in adult court on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of a 33-year-old man.

CantonRep.com staff report

A 16-year-old has been indicted in the fatal shooting of a 33-year-old man in early September.

Dreon Hill, 2912 Willowrow Ave. NE, is accused of shooting Edward C. Moody III in the head. Moody was found inside a unit in the Linwood Apartments complex on 14th Street SW.

A woman who lived there told police she did not know Moody, whom she discovered upon returning home.

The murder charge carries a firearm specification. The indictment was issued Monday by a Stark County grand jury.

According to investigators, the evidence collected in the case includes the gun used to shoot Moody.

State law requires juvenile murder suspects to be tried as adults if the suspect is at least 16 years old and a firearm was used. Transferring the case from juvenile to adult court is mandatory if there's enough evidence for a trial, according to the Michelle Cordova, who heads the juvenile division of the Stark County prosecutor's office.

Hill's arraignment is scheduled for Friday. The case has been assigned to Stark County Common Pleas Court Judge Kristin Farmer.